Stitch transferring and uniting device.



APPLICATION FILED AUG.6, 191-5.

Patented July 18, 1916.

' 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 WITNESSES INVENTOR 1 7M LOUIS N.D.WILLIAMS 1 BYHISRTTQR'NEY zz 41411-114 L. N. D; WILLIAMS- STITCH TRANSFERRING ANDVUNITING DEVICE. APPLICATION F|LED AUG-6|!915' 1,1 91,642. Patented July 18, 1916 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- iiiAMs,

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Louis n. n. WILLIAMS, on oe'on 'rz, i nnnsvnvnnm.

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Specification): ietters Batent.

.Patented Jhi iaime.

Application filed August 6, 1915. SeriaLlNo. 43,959.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LOUIS a" citizen of the Unit O ontz, Pennsylvania, have invented certain fmprovements in .Stitch Transferringand' Uniting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

invention relates toa method of uni t innwaing in in knitted webs which consistsin first en.

gaging two sets of stitch receivingquills or points (hereinafter, for convenience, termed ,points) with the stitches to be united, then adjusting each set of points,vwith the stitches upon them, into close relation to the other set, and then uniting the stiches carriedby .the two sets of pointsfby means of a chain of stitches,-while the stitches to be united are still vupon the original transfer points,

the objectof my invention being to permit of the ready disengagement of the points T and stitches after the webs have been united.

. This object I attain in the manner herein-' afterset forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,xin which n {circular knitting Figure 1 is'a sectional view of part of a machine and of a device in accordance with myinvention for engaging stitchesof the knitted web, said device being in position" to engage said stitches; Fig. Zfis a sectional view illustrating the members of the stitch receiving device in position for bringing the engaged stitchesinto close relation for the action of the looping device whereby the uniting chain of stitches is produced; Fig.3 is a siniilar'view illustrating-achange in the position, of the stitch, receiving points in respectto their carriers in order topermit of the removal of the united webs irom-said points or the points from the webs; Fig. 4 is an under faceview.

of the stitch engaging device whenthe parts.

of the same are in the position shown in Fig.1; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but. showing points which engage the stitches from below the web instead of from above thesame; Fig. 6*is a sectional viewshowing the stitch engaging device of Fig. 5 removed from the machine and partially folded, and

Fig. 7 is a view showing'tlie point carriers folded back to back as in Fig. 2, for the action of the looping machine for uniting the stitches uponthe points.

In the drawing, 1 have shown onlythe diametrically opposite wales oftlie websand the points which engage lthem, as the show- (1 States, residthe nember s 1'" and 2 may be'caused to proect in planes at.right,langles to the .faces ing? of thefintermediate wales and points" would only causeconfiision.

The stitch-receiving device may, in case of a circular Web, consist of two semi ircular segments 1 and 2 each provided with a segmental series of stitch engaging points, piV- .oted thereto, each point comprising two members l 'and 1", or 2 and 2*, respectively; each extending from the pivotal axis of the point in adirection substantially at aright angle to that of the other. The segments are notched as at l or 2 for the reception of the member 1 or 2" 'of ea ch point so that of the, segments 1 and2, as shown in Figs. 1 and. 2, o -may be permitted to swing into planes substantially parallel with said faces,

as Show in Fig. 3.

When the members l and 2* of the points occupy the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the'meinberslP and 2 are contained within the slots 1?, 2, ot the segments and are "locked. therein by engagement with the fingers 3 of segments 3, slidably mounted upon, the faces of-the segments 1 and 2;, as

shown in Fig. 4:, and provided with notches v 3 which are moved into line with the members 1 or 2* of the points when it is desired tocperniit the latter to: swing from the positioii shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3.

When the points-are inthe latter position sired,'by engagement of the upper faces .of

"the fingers 3 with the backs of the members 1 01"2} of the points.

theyfmay be locked insuchposition, if de- When the parts are in the position shown inlFig.2,.theterminal stitches of the oppo site',portions of the knitted web alre inposition to be u'nited' by a chain ofstitches w producedby the looping mechanism of an ordinary looping. machine, as shown by the sitches, as removalwould have-to be in. vt however, the points are permitted to swing,

irecti'on of the-arrows,.Fi g.- 2. When,

as shown inrFig, 3,; soas tooccupy' thesame iot plane as the segments land 2 the'stitches can be withdrawn from the points-or the points from the stitches in the direction of the arrows Fig. 3, and the connecting stitches a: present no obstacle to such movement.

The stitch receiving device shown in Fig. 1 is intended for application to the knitted web from above the same but the stitch en' gaging device may be mounted within the knittingmachine, and, after the comple tion of the web upon the needles of the machine ca'n be projected so as to stitches on the needles, or the stitches of a previous course, from below the web, as shown in Fig. 5.

After the stitch engaging points, with the .web upon them, have been removed from the machine the segments may be folded, as shown in i 7, so as to bring them back to back and dispose the terminal stitches of the web or webs close enough together to permit them to be united by the chain of stitches formed by the looping machine, and when the segments have been folded to such position that the strain upon the web will not tend to pull the stitches from the mem bers 1 or 2 of the points, the web may be withdrawn from between the segments, as

shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6, in order to permit said segments to be adjusted back to back, as shown in Fig. 7.

Although I have described my invention as applied to the uniting of stitches around the opposite halves of atubular web it will be evident that it can, with equal advantage, be employed in uniting the terminal stitches of two flat webs produced upon two strai ht needle beds, or two flat webs-produced by reciprocating knitting upon opposite semi-circular sets of needles.

1. 'In a device for. uniting knitted webs,

two sets of stitch engaging points, a twopart carrier to which said points are 1votediso as to be capable of changing tiieir angle of projection therefrom, said parts of the point carrier being adjustable in re spect to one another so as to lie in'the same plane, with the points of one set separated from those of the other set, or so as to overlap one another with the points butt to butt, in combination with looping mechanism whereby the stitches upon corresponding pairs of points can be united when said points are adjusted butt to butt.

2. In a device for uniting knitted webs, two sets of stitch engaging points, a twopart carrier to which said points are piv otcd so as to be capable of changing their angle of projection therefrom, and means for temporarily locking said points to said carrier in one oitheir positions of adjustpne another with the points engage the point carrier being adjustable in respect to one another so as to lie in the same plane, with the points of one set separated from those of the other set, or; so as to overlap butt to butt, 1 combination with looping mechanism the stitches upon corresponding be united when said whereby pairs, of points canpoints are adjusted butt. to butt.

3. In a device for uniting knitted webs, a plural1ty of web carriers each havmg stitch engaging pomts p votally mounted thereon so as to assume positions substantially at a right angle to one another, said web carriers being also adjustable in re spect to one another so as to cause all of the stitch engaging points to project in the same direction or. those of one carrier to project in a directionv opposite to those of the other carrier. 4. In a device for uniting knitted wra web carrier having pivotally moon thereon a series of stitch engaging points each comprising two members one at a ti angle or thereabout to the other, and me mounted-upon said carrier and movable in and out of engagement'with one of point members in order to lock the stitch engaging members in position or release the same.

5. In a device for uniting knitted webs,

a. web carrier having pivotally mounted thereon a series of stitch engaging points each comprising two members one at a right angle or thereabout to the other, said carrier being slotted for the reception of one of said point members.

6. In a device for uniting knitted webs,

.a web carrier having pivotally mounted thereon a series of stitch engaging points each comprising two members one at a right angle or thereabout to the other, said car- .rier being slotted for the reception of one LOUIS N. D. WTLLTAMS.

\Vitucsses Kain A. BEADLE, llamwron D. TURNER. 

